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There's a Sailor who sings, Of the dreams that he brings, From the wide open sea...

We've just received exclusive details of the forthcoming The Life Aquatic soundtrack, which draws heavily on the songwriting skills of one David Bowie.

As we mentioned last month, (11.09.2004 NEWS: BOWIE SONGS ON LIFE AQUATIC SOUNDTRACK) the soundtrack CD features two Bowie originals and five great interpretations of Bowie songs performed by Seu Jorge.

Due on December 14th in the US through Hollywood Records, here's the final 20-track breakdown:

This is a story that has grown to silly proportions, snowballing from a single message board post to news pages the world over, including making Billboard yesterday.

It seems the rumour was started on the Coachella message boards, where a supposed two-day line-up for April 30th and May 1st 2005 was posted, before being picked up by various fans sites and news pages such as Billboard, Undercover, Pollstar, Xfm and NME.

However, there is simply no truth in the rumour that David Bowie will headline the festival.

When I said in the story below: "Let's show how generous BowieNetters can be", I had no idea you would come through like this. As I posted the piece, Andrea's fund stood at around 10%. Less than a day later, BowieNet members have boosted the fund by over 90% to reach the target with an incredible $1,505!!!

I have a sneaky feeling that Andrea's expectations will be even further exceeded by the time she takes part in the three day, 300+ mile bicycle ride in Minnesota next July.

As you can see from the random selection of donations in the box, you can donate

BowieNetter Floidoip has been in touch to remind me that it's World Aids Day today and to highlight the fact that education about this relentless disease is needed more than ever before, with the news that 38 million people globally now have the virus.

Click on the image above to reach the official World Aids Day site, where it's worth spending some time today, if you're not already familiar with the information there.

Jim (Floidoip), above, who has lived with HIV/AIDS for the past 23 years (Read his story in this BowieNet piece from a couple of years back: